Osteopygis
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Osteopygis emarginatus carapace | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Family: | †Macrobaenidae |
Genus: | †Osteopygis Cope, 1868 |
Type species | |
Osteopygis emarginatus Cope, 1868 | |
Species[1] | |
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Osteopygis is a genus of extinct turtle.[2] Osteopygis, as traditionally seen, is a chimera: the postcrania (including the holotype) belong to a non-marine stem-cryptodire, whilst the crania belong to sea turtles. In 2005, the referred material was split between two taxa: the postcrania remained in Osteopygis, while the crania were reassigned to Euclastes wielandi.[3]
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